by Rich Wilson | Jan 23, 2017 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk12
Dear McKenzie: I grew up sailing with my parents, at first on a day sailing boat, and then a cruising boat. I liked it because it was beautiful on the water, and the boats had ropes and knots and gear. Also, it was very good for my asthma. I was allergic to trees,...
by Rich Wilson | Jan 23, 2017 | Q&A - RichWilson, Q&A-RW-wk12
No, I have not but I know that others have. I’m sure not in the Vendee globe, but for cruising. There was a famous story in a book called Once is Enough, of a cruising couple who were capsized. They had had a cat, but the cat disappeared. They presumed overboard...
by Rich Wilson | Jan 22, 2017 | Ship's Logs
A very bad night last night. Our weather GRIB files, 2 different models, predicted big areas of 20 knots or 25 knots of wind from the north. Instead we had 35 knots of north, steady, up to 38, which created a big wave situation, with cresting seas 12-15′ high....
by Rich Wilson | Jan 21, 2017 | Ship's Logs
Back into the fog last night, solent and full main, and finally solent and one reef as the breeze increased. We have a radar but it seems to not be very effective, we have a radar detector, which is effective, but it only alerts when another vessel has their radar on,...
by Rich Wilson | Jan 20, 2017 | Ship's Logs
Last evening, I came on deck to see the sun and Venus setting. The sky was clear and blue and Venus was amazingly sharp and bright. I had had a Skype talk last week with Murray Lister, Expert, and he said that when aboard New Zealand Pacific, heading east across the...
